Eliot, John, 1604-1690

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John Eliot, styled "the Indian Apostle," was born in England, emigrated to the U.S. (Boston) in 1631 and died at Roxbury, Mass. He was the translator of the first Bible into the Indian (N.A.) language; known as Eliot's Indian Bible.

From the description of Autograph signature to covenant, 1624 Jan. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270615429

Clergyman and missionary.

From the description of John Eliot letter, 1673. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71010036

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referencedIn Forrest, William Mentzel, b. 1868,. Correspondence regarding the first University of Virginia copy of Eliot's Indian Bible [manuscript] 1907 Jul 11. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Autograph File, E, 1564-1961. Houghton Library
referencedIn Woolsey family papers, 1750-1969 (bulk 1811-1921) Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
creatorOf Roxbury Latin School (Mass.). Record book : manuscript, 1645-1780. Houghton Library
referencedIn Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond), 1821-1897. Dictionary to Eliot's Bible, 1886. American Antiquarian Society
referencedIn Denison, William, of Roxbury, Mass. Notes, 1681-1718. New-York Historical Society
referencedIn Huntington Free Library. Native American biography vertical file [ca.1850-2000.]. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Eliot, John, 1604-1690. Document signed : [Boston, Mass.], 1655 Aug. 25. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Woolsey family papers, 1750-1969 (bulk 1811-1921) Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Eliot Memorial Association. Member and subscription list for the Eliot Memorial Association, 1878. [manuscript] New England Historic Genealogical Society
referencedIn Eliot, Ellsworth, b. 1827. Notes on the ancestry and descendants of Rev. John Eliot, circa 1850-1905. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn [Collection of newspaper articles, photographs, etc. concerning John Eliot]. Minuteman Library Network
creatorOf Gay, Frederick Lewis, 1856-1916. Transcripts, 1632-1786. Massachusetts Historical Society
creatorOf Eliot, John, 1604-1690. Sermon Notes II, 1648. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Library. Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection. 1668-1983. American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Massachusetts Indian Association. Cambridge Branch. Cambridge Branch of the Massachusetts Indian Association records, 1886-1923. Cambridge Historical Society
creatorOf Eliot, John, 1604-1690. Autograph signature to covenant, 1624 Jan. 1. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Danforth, Samuel, 1666-1727. Indian Dictionary, ca. 1685. Massachusetts Historical Society
creatorOf Eliot, John, 1604-1690. Natick Indian grammar, 1666. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Eliot, Ellsworth, b. 1827. Ellsworth Eliot Collection 1768-1908 (inclusive). Yake University Divinity School Library
referencedIn American and English literary and historical papers collected by Atcheson L. Hench, 1782-1966 University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Logan, Robert A., 1892-. Cree language studies, 1950-1972. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Gookin, Daniel, 1612-1687. An Historical account of the doings and sufferings of the Christian Indians in New England, 1677. Gadsden Public Library
referencedIn Eames, Wilberforce, 1855-1937. Papers, 1898-1916. American Antiquarian Society
referencedIn Gookin, Daniel, 1612-1687. Indians converted or historical collections of the Indians in New England ..., 1674. Massachusetts Historical Society
creatorOf Stevens, Henry, 1819-1886,. Papers relating to the progress of the Gospel in New England, 1641-1654, manuscript, [18--] Houghton Library
creatorOf Eliot, John, 1604-1690. A brief narrative of the progress of the gospel amongst the Indians in New-England [manuscript transcription], 1670-1868. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Moore, George Henry, 1823-1892. Autograph note signed (with initials), [n.d.]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Eliot, John, 1604-1690. Letter to Thomas Shepard regarding the state of the gospel work among the Indians [manuscript] 1673 August, 22. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Mitchell, Stewart,. Stewart Mitchell collection [photostats], 1628-1930. Massachusetts Historical Society
creatorOf Eliot, John, 1604-1690. Statement, 1659 May 12, to the General Court of Massachusetts. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Eliot, John, 1604-1690. Christian Commonwealth, 1659. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Eames, Wilberforce, 1855-1937. Papers, 1937. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Vocabularia variarum linguarum Americanarum, 1708 (1822) American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Taylor, Timothy, 1626-1681. Diary, 1673 Aug 18 - 1676 May 23. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Eliot, John, 1604-1690. Towns of New England, 1650-1902. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Royal Society (Great Britain) miscellaneous correspondence and documents, [ca. 1642-1818], Circa 1642-1818 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Eliot, John, 1604-1690. Letters, 1657-1681. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Newton Free Library. Newton Photographs Collection : Charles River, City Hall, Community Schools, Crystal Lake, Echo Bridge, Tocci Family Collection, John Eliot Memorial , 1900-1980 Minuteman Library Network
creatorOf Eliot, John, 1604-1690. John Eliot letter, 1673. Library of Congress
referencedIn DeNormandie, James, 1838-1924. Papers, ca. 1864-1915. Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn Notes on the ancestry and descendants of Rev. John Eliot, circa 1850-1905 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn William Wallace Tooker papers, [18--]-1917. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
creatorOf Gookin, Daniel, 1612-1687. An hytorical [sic] [acco]unt of the doing[s] & sufferings of [the] Christian Indians in New England, in the yeares 1675: 1676/1677 / impartialy drawne by one wel aquainted with that affayre and presented unto the Right Honble the Corporation residing in London appointed by the Kings most exelent matie for promoting the gospel among the Indians in America. Newberry Library
referencedIn Newton Free Library. Seal of the City of Newton, 1959. Minuteman Library Network
referencedIn De Normandie, James, 1836-1924. Address on the Apostle Eliot, given upon the occasion of the presentation of the chair of the Apostle Eliot by the First Church in Dorchester to the First Church in Roxbury, March, 17, 1907. Boston University, Mugar Memorial Library
referencedIn Woolsey family papers, 1750-1969 (bulk 1811-1921) Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Royal Society (Great Britain). Miscellaneous correspondence and documents, [ca. 1642-1818]. American Philosophical Society Library
creatorOf Eliot, John, 1604-1690. Sermon Notes, 1675-1680. Massachusetts Historical Society
creatorOf Eliot, John, 1604-1690. Autograph letters signed : Roxbury (Boston, Mass.), to Rev. Jonathan Hammer of Barnstaple, 1652-1657. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Tooker, William Wallace, 1848-1917. William Wallace Tooker papers, [18--]-1917. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Brown, David. Letter, 1822 November 6, Andover, Mass., to Lydia Sigourney, Hartford, Conn. Connecticut Historical Society
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Death 1690-05-21

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